AAM Action Alert

Subject: Are You Registered for Thursday’s FREE Online Advocacy Training Series Part 1?

AAM’s FREE Online Advocacy Training Series Starts Thursday! Are you registered?

WHAT: Advocacy and Legislation 101: Understanding the Basics of Advocacy and its Application to City Hall, the State Legislature and Beyond
(Part 1 of 4 Part Series)
When: Thursday, September 17, 1pm EDT
WHO: YOU
WHERE: Your Computer!
REGISTER NOW!

Congress has returned to Washington, DC with a full legislative plate this fall, including healthcare reform and FY10 appropriations for federal programs, including funding for the Office of Museum Services at the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the pending reauthorization of IMLS, expected to be taken up for consideration anytime this fall.

AAM’s Online Advocacy Training Series is designed to help museum professionals, students, volunteers and trustees understand what advocacy is and why it matters, how the legislative process works, and how and when to get involved in making the case for museums.

Topics for Thursday’s program include:

• What is advocacy and why it is important?
• Various forms of advocacy
• How an idea becomes a bill, and how a bill becomes a law
• Advocating to city hall and the state legislature
• How to approach an elected official
• How and when to follow up
• How to frame your “ask”

Register today here. We hope to “see” you there!

Learn more about AAM’s Online Advocacy Training Series.

For more information about AAM’s advocacy for museums and the legislative issues affecting museums please visit www.speakupformuseums.org.

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